Seven Days Battles Gaines’s Mill - Mechanicsville VA
Posted by: 
Don.Morfe
N 37° 34.376 W 077° 16.282
18S E 299415 N 4160857
Marker is in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in Hanover County on Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156). The marker was erected in 1932 by the Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number PA-80.)
Waymark Code: WM18GZP
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2023
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Seven Days Battles Gaines’s Mill
On this hill, facing north, Sykes’s division was posted in the afternoon of June 27, 1862, holding the eastern end of the Union line. Here Jackson attacked, while to the west A. P. Hill and Longstreet renewed their assaults. When the Union line was broken on their left, Sykes’s regulars fell back to the river still fighting.
Name of Battle:
Seven Days Battles Gaines’s Mill
Name of War: U.S. Civil War
Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 06/27/1862
Entrance Fee: Not Listed
Parking: Not Listed
Date of Battle (End): Not listed
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